By and large the boomers won't vote for someone younger than them (notice our politicians are the oldest they've ever been and have been getting older since the boomers started voting).
I bet their other preferences have a lot to do with the decrease in new 80s-type movie stars, because the other thing that we've seen is the retention of stars well past their prime. I mean, they brought back Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher for the new Star Wars.
Do they go to the movies at a higher rate though? My gut says yes, the young people I know generally never go and older folk who grew up with less entertainment options still do.
On a whole, the study showed that 35.2 percent of
U.S. moviegoers are above the age of 50; and 33.8
percent under the age of 25.
So, at least then, the distribution seems very roughly even. And there are fewer boomers living today than in 2019.
Anecdotally, I am an older gen-X, not a boomer, but going to the movies is not a frequent thing (anymore) amongst my social group. For whatever that's worth.
I bet their other preferences have a lot to do with the decrease in new 80s-type movie stars, because the other thing that we've seen is the retention of stars well past their prime. I mean, they brought back Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher for the new Star Wars.